19 .... know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
21 Unto him [be] glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
In my Bible reading this past few days, I came across this description of the theme of Ephesians in John Gill's "Exposition Of The Entire Bible."
...the subject matter of [Ephesians] is most excellent; it treats of the most sublime doctrines of grace, of divine predestination, and eternal election, of redemption by Christ, and of peace and pardon by his blood, of conversion by the power of efficacious grace, and of salvation by the free grace of God, in opposition to works: it also very largely treats of the nature and usefulness of the Gospel ministry, and of gifts qualifying for it, and of the several duties of religion incumbent on Christians; and the method which is used is exceeding apt and beautiful, for the apostle first begins with the doctrines of the Gospel, which he distinctly handles and explains, and then proceeds to enforce the duties belonging to men, both as men and Christians.
What a wonderful exposition of Ephesians.
I never tire of reading John Gill's commentary. I may not agree with every single phrase of Gill's interpretation of Ephesians, but I do now have a sense of the width and the breath and the depth of God's message in Ephesians. It seems, for whatever reason, that John Gill leads me to my last and final thoughts on many Bible passages, and particularly difficult Bible passages. And, I always look forward to that next John Gill comment, which quickly becomes my all-time, favorite John Gill quote.
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